Alien Syndrome (エイリアンシンドローム Eirian Shindorōmu?) is a run and gun arcade game developed by Sega in 1987.
Two players control two soldiers, named Ricky and Mary, who fight their way through large eight-way scrolling levels while rescuing their comrades who are being held by aliens. After they have rescued a certain number of hostages, the exit opens and they can pass through it in order to fight the end-of-level guardian. If this monstrosity is defeated, they are then able to move onto the next stage. Alien Syndrome features two player simultaneous gameplay and pickups which assist the player, including better weapons and maps of the current level.
Developed by
SIMS Co., Ltd.
Released
Mar 19, 1992
Also For
Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, NES, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, ZX Spectrum
Published by
SEGA Enterprises Ltd.
Perspective
Top-down
Genre
Action
Setting
Sci-Fi / Futuristic
Gameplay
Arcade, Shooter
Description
Alien Syndrome is a scrolling shooter arcade conversion.
Your job is to run around and rescue all the captives and make it to the escape hatch before the time bomb explodes. Then face the mother alien at the end of the level.
You can play as a single player or two people, taking turns (Player 2 starts the game after Player 1 dies and vice versa).
From Mobygames.com. Original Entry